Detroit's NORM TALLEY at HOUSEPITALITY - SF debut show - Interview by Fil Latorre

Welcome Sushitech, Trackmode, Detroit Beatdown recording artist and Detroit house music pioneer, Norm Talley this week. We are damn proud of it especially since it is his SF DEBUT. Click here to link to our FB invite. Click here to link to RA invite.

If you don’t know NORM TALLEY then you don’t fully understand the roots of Detroits slick house sound yet.. In the past we have featured some of his brethren, Delano Smith, Mike Clark & Rick Wilhite. Featuring Norm polishes off this display of the unique Detroit House Music sound, something very special. Let me just post this mix here which flexes that last comment:

Norm Talley – Daily Session – 13-11-2010 by R_co

Our great resident Fil Latorre will open up the main room with his slick selections. Carefully chosen will be great ROMANOWSKI in the back room. Peep him flex his stuntman dj skills which makes him our local world renown dj’s dj. If you haven’t experienced him yet, then don’t miss our on him this time.

We will be celebrating Thick Frame’s birthday, come give him some pounds.

BEATSME is back at Housepitality since the debut of their new music sourcing software surely to revolutionize the way we listen to underground music.. Come and learn more from. LIKE them: http://www.facebook.com/beatsmefm

This will be a night of professionalism and real deep FUNK for your mind body and soul brought to you by HOUSEPITALITY!!!

Now, the NORM TALLEY INTERVIEW BY HOUSEPITALITY RESIDENT FIL LATORRE:

FL: What 3 records have inspired you most?
NT: To keep it short I can name 3 Record Labels that inspired me! Westbound,Prelude,Salsoul,Tamla

FL: Describe the moment when you knew that you wanted to pursue music as a career.
NT: No moment for me in particular, it was an ongoing thing over a period of years that lead me in that direction.

FL: What do you miss most about the "old school" days, and what would you change about the scene now, if anything?
NT: All Vinyl Parties an Disco music!! The new scene is evolving to meet the needs of a new generation which is essential to keep the vibe alive!!!!!

FL: What are your thoughts on technology and music and how it's changed what you do?
NT: Technology is what it is! Embrace it an ride the wave!

FL: What's your favorite thing to do when you're not producing music and djing?
NT: BBQ!!!!

FL: What would you like to see the most on your first visit to San Francisco?
NT: Good people and a good Record Store!!

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Great interview Fil.. lets get to the point.. someone, lets set up a BBQ for NORM..

OK< the official deets for Wednesday:

Michael Tello and Miguel Solari with BEATSME.FM invite you to:

( ( ( ( ( H O U S E P I T A L I T Y ) ) ) ) ) The SF debut of Detroit house music pioneer:

:: NORM TALLEY (Trackmode, Sushitech, Detroit)::
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/normtalley

::FIL LATORRE (Housepitality, Staple)
::VICTOR VEGA (Housepitality)

Backroom, world famous dj/stuntman/nudist:
**ROMANOWSKI**
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NORM TALLEY BIO:
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Born and raised on Detroits westside in the late 60’s Norm’s addiction to music began at an early age.By the age of 13 years old Norm’s diverse musical outlook consisted of Disco,Progressive,Jazz.Starting off Norm collected good music(45’s-8-tracks-Vinyl)with proceeds earned from his paper route and eventually was introduced to Ken Collier who just happened to live 3 blocks over so needless to say most of the Disco and Progressive I attained was through Ken who was a DJ mentor for me.At this point and time I only had one turntable an eight-track player a receiver and some speakers.So I would have friends over and play records and we would dance until we were sweating!!So one day a friend that would come over and vibe was having a backyard party and needed a DJ and asked me to do it which was really special to me because I had never did a party in my life,I only had one turntable and couldn’t mix!!So back to Grindstone I went to earn the money to buy a turntable and a mixer and a tape deck which I had about two months to get.At that time I made about $30 dollars a week and before you know it I was at HD Sounds putting together a system(Gem Sounds,Sharp tape deck excellent for pause button mixes,pioneer turntable)So it was on!I did the party which turned out to be a success and got some more offers to do more gigs which began a career on the decks that stands to date!!So in 1985 I began to archive the mixes I was doing on Cassette tapes(over 500)and did that for 15 years up until the year 2000 when I began making mixed CDs which I have over 400 to date!”

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 NORM TALLEY MIX LIVE AT "THE BAKERY" - NEW YORK:
 http://vdrkblog.com/post/1649351371/the-bakery-live-discovery-nov-2010-last

 FREE champagne from 9pm-10pm
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 otherwise $5 before 11pm, $10 After 

 Enjoy handcrafted cocktails by our very own groove lounge mixologist, Ty.

 World class acts, world class music, every Wednesday night..

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 1192 Folsom St. at 8th St., SF

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